Self-assessment make polite requests and ask polite questions do a survey talk about acts of kindness and bravery criticise past actions and suggest alternatives speculate about the past write an email giving information give a talk and take questions Listen again. 1 Which two questions can’t he answer? What does he suggest? 2 How does Martin answer the other questions? Look at Martin’s answers to the audience’s questions. Which highlighted expressions, 1, 2 or 3, does he use: A when he wants to answer later? B before he gives an answer? C when he isn’t sure how to answer? 1 That’s a good question. That’s an important point. 2 I could find out for you. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. 3 Well, it depends what you need it for. All I can say is that … you will definitely benefit from trying. To be honest, I don’t know the answer to that. Work in pairs. Think of processes in your practice company, such as communication between different departments, the way projects are planned or problem solving. Prepare two or three questions for areas you are most interested in. Ask and answer your questions together. Use the highlighted expressions from 34. You’re going to give a short talk about an area in your practice company that you have been most involved in. Alternatively, you could also talk about a company that you are interested in or whose products you like. 1 Choose a topic. 2 Make a list of ideas (status quo; ideas for improvement, etc.) 3 Organise your ideas. Use expressions from 30. 4 Prepare to give your talk. Take turns to give your talks. For each talk: ■■ Audience: Listen and write two questions to ask during the talk. ■■ Speaker: Give the talk and deal with the questions at the end. Afterwards, talk with a partner. 1 Which questions were difficult to answer? Why? 2 Which questions were the most interesting? Why? 3 Which issues could be implemented easily? Why? c ax2mc7 63 34 35 a b 36 a b c 123 Language skills Extras Explore 9 Living and working together Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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